Commentaries
In this commentary, Xavier Vanden Bosch shows that European elections in the French-speaking part of Belgium have a flavour of indirect voting. Political stakes are low for political parties, and […]
On its course toward integration, Europe has now reached a plateau of impotence.
Given their limited involvement in EU affairs, the Belgian parliaments at the different levels of the Belgian federation barely contribute to the legitimation process of the EU’s actions. In order […]
External publications
The creation of the Economic and Monetary Union was experimental, from both an economic and an institutional point of view. The result was a form of European integration with a […]
External publications
Over the years, differentiation in the level of integration in the European Union has become a widely debated issue. While differentiated integration starts off as a simple concept, its many […]
This Policy Brief discusses the challenges that await policymakers in reforming the EMU. A balance between discipline and solidarity will have to be found, while institutional reforms should improve the […]